Scadoxus multiflorus(Martyn) Raf.

WFO wfo-0000737790 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Lucky Okpanachi Atabo
fig. a Lucky Okpanachi Atabo, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 192854409
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Kevin Chaikelson
fig. b Kevin Chaikelson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187604367
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Stephanie Dolrenry
fig. c Stephanie Dolrenry, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 111348936
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Peter Archdale
fig. d Peter Archdale, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151945545
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. e Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49562455
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Lucy Keith-Diagne
fig. f Lucy Keith-Diagne, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153482089
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by tlaloc27
fig. g tlaloc27, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8570257
Scadoxus multiflorus, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. h Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52249787

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Native range 46 botanical countries

Regions where Scadoxus multiflorus is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicChadCongoDjiboutiDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemen Seychelles
Native distribution of Scadoxus multiflorus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Seychelles SEY
Sierra Leone SIE
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 35 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amaryllis multiflora Tratt.
  • Haemanthus abyssinicus Herb.
  • Haemanthus andrei De Wild.
  • Haemanthus arabicus M.Roem.
  • Haemanthus arnoldianus De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Haemanthus bequaertii De Wild.
  • Haemanthus bivalvis Beck
  • Haemanthus cecilae Baker
  • Haemanthus colchicifolius Salisb.
  • Haemanthus cruentatus Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Haemanthus delagoensis Herb.
  • Haemanthus eurysiphon Harms
  • Haemanthus filiflorus Baker ex Hiern
  • Haemanthus kalbreyeri Baker
  • Haemanthus katherinae Baker
  • Haemanthus longitubus C.H.Wright
  • Haemanthus lynesii Stapf
  • Haemanthus mannii Baker
  • Haemanthus micrantherus Pax
  • Haemanthus mildbraedii Perkins
  • Haemanthus multiflorus Martyn
  • Haemanthus multiflorus subsp. katherinae (Baker) I.Bjørnstad & Friis
  • Haemanthus multiflorus subsp. longitubus (C.H.Wright) I.Bjørnstad & Friis
  • Haemanthus nicholsonii Baker

and 11 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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